Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: IPL comes and the demand for tickets and passes go soaring up by the fans. The desperation to get inside the stadium to watch their favourite teams in action in the IPL go high and high. When the tickets get sold out, the demand gets too hig, and the cricket fans even ask for tickets in black. But for a 25-year-old techie the craze for IPL tickets for RCB vs CSK turned too costly and he was duped for a massive Rs. 1.46 lakh. The techie, a resident of B Narayanapura, fell into a trap by a post posted by a fraudster who posed himself as a ticket seller on Instagram.As per a report in Deccan Herald, the techie alleged in a complaint to Mahadevapura Police that an individual claiming to be Sumit Biswal promised he could arrange IPL tickets along with food coupons. As per the techie, Biswal was introduced him as a senior supervisor for ticket counter at M Chinnaswamy Stadium
“He asked me to come near the stadium gate number 10, saying someone would deliver the tickets within minutes, and even sent an email confirmation to gain my trust,” the complainant told Deccan Herald. “Initially, I agreed to buy two tickets for Rs 3,700 each,but he kept asking for more money under various pretexts such as refundable security deposits, additional ID cards and food coupons. Trusting him, I made multiple payments – even using my mother’s bank account after exhausting my own limits—and ended up transferring around Rs 1.46 lakh,” he added.RCB register their second winBhuvneshwar Kumar’s incisive spell of 3-41, coming after a marauding batting show from Tim David, Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal, propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to a commanding 43-run victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their IPL 2026 encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.The contest saw RCB’s batting unit dismantle CSK’s attack with relentless hitting, as David’s 70 not out off just 25 balls and Patidar’s unbeaten 48 off only 19 balls provided for the late fireworks after Padikkal’s fluent 50 off 29 balls had set the tone for the daunting total.Their combined effort lifted RCB to a daunting 250/3, thus setting a new record for highest total in IPL 2026. In reply, CSK faltered under scoreboard pressure, with Sarfaraz Khan’s 50 off 24 balls and Prashant Veer’s 43 the lone acts of resistance amid a string of failures from the top order.Bhuvneshwar was at his disciplined best and even crossed the 200-mark in terms of wickets in IPL, with others also chipping in as CSK were bowled out for 207 in 19.4 overs. The comprehensive win also meant RCB have registered four consecutive triumphs over CSK for the first time in the IPL’s history.
